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Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman says the new product, which was developed internally by HPE engineers in record time, will open the door for HPE to be a 'leader' in the $5 billion fast-growth hyper-converged market.

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has heard startup Nutanix's trash talk about his new hyper-converged infrastructure offering, but insists Cisco has had a good track record when making big bets on new technology.

Solution providers say Dell is taking the right approach to the integration of EMC into Dell's organization as it named several executives to key positions ahead of its planned $67 billion acquisition of the data storage giant.

Part three of CRN's 2016 Data Center 100 list looks at companies providing the data center infrastructure that allows operators and their customers to run applications with maximum performance and efficiency.

In a letter to employees, Rory Read, Dell's COO and chief integration officer, counters arguments made recently that Dell was having difficulties putting together the financing it needs to close the acquisition of data storage giant EMC.

The two executives in charge of integrating Dell and EMC say the integration of the two tech giants will be completed within nine months of the deal closing. Here are seven things they shared with EMC employees about their efforts.

Doron Kempel says selling hyper-convergence can be challenging for solution providers, but success will come from taking business from competitors that are unprepared or hesitant to embrace the technology.